Women on the "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" List

1.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,919 ratings
2.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,515 ratings
3.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,260,030 ratings
4.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,627 ratings
5.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,441 ratings
6.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,451 ratings
7.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,872 ratings
8.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,983 ratings
9.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,261 ratings
10.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 477,004 ratings
11.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,212 ratings
12.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,318 ratings
13.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,281 ratings
14.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,868 ratings
15.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,154,073 ratings
16.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,067 ratings
17.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,237 ratings
18.
The Yellow Wall-Paper
The Yellow Wall-Paper 4.07 avg rating — 338,296 ratings
19.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,818 ratings
20.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,823 ratings
21.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,989 ratings
22.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 439,134 ratings
23.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,169 ratings
24.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,188 ratings
25.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,759 ratings
26.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,672 ratings
27.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,598 ratings
28.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,462 ratings
29.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,946 ratings
30.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,288 ratings
31.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,175 ratings
32.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 327,576 ratings
33.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating — 120,297 ratings
34.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,272 ratings
35.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,139 ratings
36.
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park 3.86 avg rating — 371,716 ratings
37.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,479 ratings
38.
The Waves
The Waves 4.14 avg rating — 51,057 ratings
39.
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,888 ratings
40.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,990 ratings
41.
The Summer Book
The Summer Book 4.01 avg rating — 50,848 ratings
41.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,764 ratings
43.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,127 ratings
44.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,543 ratings
45.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 110,535 ratings
46.
Cat’s Eye
Cat’s Eye 3.95 avg rating — 71,400 ratings
47.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating — 387,488 ratings
48.
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 206,938 ratings
49.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating — 46,909 ratings
50.
The Lover
The Lover 3.71 avg rating — 68,175 ratings
51.
The Passion
The Passion 4.11 avg rating — 25,839 ratings
52.
Fingersmith
Fingersmith 4.02 avg rating — 115,242 ratings
53.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating — 150,746 ratings
54.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,947 ratings
55.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,469 ratings
56.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 3.98 avg rating — 18,166 ratings
57.
The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss 3.83 avg rating — 58,104 ratings
58.
On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating — 89,029 ratings
59.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating — 59,335 ratings
60.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,576 ratings
61.
The History of Love
The History of Love 3.92 avg rating — 139,281 ratings
62.
Memoirs of Hadrian
Memoirs of Hadrian 4.22 avg rating — 34,192 ratings
63.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 3.45 avg rating — 134,941 ratings
64.
Bonjour tristesse
Bonjour tristesse 3.73 avg rating — 66,263 ratings
65.
Silas Marner
Silas Marner 3.69 avg rating — 91,983 ratings
66.
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1)
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 33,026 ratings
67.
The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries 3.89 avg rating — 41,488 ratings
68.
Suite Française
Suite Française 3.86 avg rating — 77,022 ratings
69.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating — 76,714 ratings
70.
Written on the Body
Written on the Body 4.08 avg rating — 32,862 ratings
71.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of the Hedgehog 3.80 avg rating — 195,818 ratings
72.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 3.73 avg rating — 89,539 ratings
73.
Villette
Villette 3.78 avg rating — 78,442 ratings
74.
Nights at the Circus
Nights at the Circus 3.88 avg rating — 14,347 ratings
75.
Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating — 121,529 ratings
76.
Woman at Point Zero
Woman at Point Zero 4.21 avg rating — 27,045 ratings
77.
Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm 3.88 avg rating — 53,854 ratings
78.
The Grass Is Singing
The Grass Is Singing 3.83 avg rating — 14,772 ratings
79.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood 3.82 avg rating — 36,565 ratings
80.
The Piano Teacher
The Piano Teacher 3.60 avg rating — 15,374 ratings
81.
Testament of Youth
Testament of Youth 4.11 avg rating — 12,165 ratings
82.
The Ghost Road (Regeneration, #3)
The Ghost Road (Regeneration, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 18,094 ratings
83.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,372 ratings
84.
The Children's Book
The Children's Book 3.68 avg rating — 18,832 ratings
85.
Tipping the Velvet
Tipping the Velvet 4.05 avg rating — 76,498 ratings
86.
The Optimist's Daughter
The Optimist's Daughter 3.52 avg rating — 15,055 ratings
87.
Excellent Women
Excellent Women 3.91 avg rating — 19,598 ratings
88.
Cranford
Cranford 3.83 avg rating — 46,861 ratings
89.
A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating — 244,176 ratings
90.
Surfacing
Surfacing 3.45 avg rating — 28,052 ratings
91.
Agnes Grey
Agnes Grey 3.71 avg rating — 78,694 ratings
92.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating — 280,162 ratings
93.
Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions 4.04 avg rating — 22,085 ratings
94.
The Garden Party and Other Stories
The Garden Party and Other Stories 3.80 avg rating — 13,138 ratings
95.
Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter 4.31 avg rating — 13,884 ratings
96.
The Robber Bride
The Robber Bride 3.83 avg rating — 49,009 ratings
97.
The Sea, the Sea
The Sea, the Sea 3.96 avg rating — 24,397 ratings
98.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating — 1,010,632 ratings
99.
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1)
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 28,027 ratings
100.
Alberta and Jacob
Alberta and Jacob 3.95 avg rating — 866 ratings
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